Community Calendar

Get your garden started with Little Ridge Farm! Self-serve and open daily during daylight hours. Venmo or cash.
Organic seedlings: veggies, flowers and herbs.

Get ready for Maine's seventh annual Seaweed Week! From Friday, April 25th, through Sunday, May 4th, we're bringing you a seaweed-centered celebration across the state. Think kelp burgers, seaweed beer and cocktails, and everything in between at your favorite local bars and restaurants. Plus, dive into hands-on events like seaweed cooking classes, workshops, talks, an expo and specialty tastings brought to you by Maine's seaweed experts. You could say we're a little "kelp crazy" around here, but by the end of the week we think you'll be hooked too.

Visit seaweedweek.org for a list of participating restaurants and businesses - check back often as it's being updated all the time!

The Bangor Tri-County CareerCenter will be hosting a hiring event with several employers and resources from various fields providing information and opportunities to jobseekers. No registration is required.

The Brick Store Museum chose to feature work by artist members of Maine Women In the Arts (MWA) to Open its Bauman Gallery season this year. And MWA chose "The Female Gaze" as its theme. 30 distinct works of art will be on exhibit from Friday April 11th til Sunday May 25th, 2025.

The public is invited to an artists' reception SATURDAY APRIL 19th 4-7 pm. Light snacks and bubbly will be served.

Sports Illustrators, curated by Illustration Institute, explores the stories of sports and athletes through visual art. Sports are the source of popular lore, legend, tall tales and poignant histories across cultures. This exhibition showcases renowned illustrators’ vision of a wide range of sports. (closed Tuesdays and Federal Holidays)

For more information on the Illustration Institute visit: www.illustrationinstitute.org

Experiences & Self-Care Online Auction (featuring over 150 items) to benefit First Parish Church. i.e.,
*Restaurant Gift Certificates
*Vacation Getaways
*Concert, Theater and Movie Tickets
*Kayaking, Crafting, or Sailing Adventures
*Cooking Classes & Dance Lessons
*Self-Care Services i.e. massage therapy, facial treatments, hair cuts, chiropractic sessions. acupuncture, day
spa visits.
*Services such as house cleaning, auto repair, dry cleaning, home repairs interior or exterior painting,
landscaping, babysitting, pet sitting or walking
*Other creative items or experiences.

The Rockport Public Library will host a writing workshop on Wednesday, Apr. 30, from 12 - 4 p.m. entitled “Making the Leap from Fact to Fiction.” The free workshop will be facilitated by award-winning local writer Cynthia Reeves and will be limited to twelve participants. Those who are interested in participating should call the library at 207-236-3642 to reserve a seat.

Some of the concepts that will be considered during the workshop include: convincing the reader of the author’s “authority”; working with facts that engage emotion as well as intellect; gauging how much factual material is necessary; and exploring science-in-fiction versus science fiction.

Cynthia Reeves is the author of three books of fiction: the novel The Last Whaler (2024); the novel in stories Falling Through the New World (2024), winner of Gold Wake Press’s Fiction Award; and the novella Badlands (2007), winner of Miami University Press’s Novella Prize. A graduate of Warren Wilson's MFA program, Reeves taught in Bryn Mawr College's Creative Writing Program and Rosemont College's MFA program. She lives with her husband in Camden, Maine.

Biddeford native Don Chretien lived through the Vietnam War as a Marine helicopter pilot who flew 560 missions, came home to an indifferent or even hostile reception, and has lived to see a much more appreciative public now open to revisiting that collective experience. His talk will be illustrated by archival footage of the evacuation of Saigon (by helicopter) shown by retired USMC Lieutenant Colonel John Comeau. Jennifer Comeau will open the program leading the attendees in the singing of The Star Spangled Banner and it will end with the playing of Taps on video from the Arlington National Cemetery by the Marine Corps Band. A photo exhibit will include homage to the Nurses who served in Vietnam.

This is one of 3 events that Capt Chretien will present, this one focusing on "how did it end?" while the other two focus on "how and when and why did it start?" and "what was it like to serve there?"

Stop by the Auburn Public Library to play chess with friends and neighbors!

All are welcome, drop-in anytime weekly on Wednesdays between 4:00-5:30 PM.

Chess boards and pieces will be provided. You are welcome to bring your own set if you'd like as supplies will be limited.

Come by to learn how to play or practice your strategy!

Overeaters Anonymous welcomes anyone with a desire to end their painful and uncontrollable relationship with food or food behaviors.
We offer a proven workable method to arrest this disease and gain a daily reprieve from the obsession and craving that overwhelms us again and again.
There is a solution. Welcome to Overeaters Anonymous…..welcome home.